{"id":2110721,"date":"2025-11-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2110721"},"modified":"2025-11-17T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:15:09","slug":"ice-immigrants-hospitals-detained-california-privacy-rights","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/ice-immigrants-hospitals-detained-california-privacy-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Once a Patient\u2019s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides \u2014 But Detainees Have Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/sd25.senate.ca.gov\/news\/senator-sasha-renee-perez-issues-statement-immigration-enforcement-agents-delaying-medical\">medical emergency<\/a> while being detained. They didn\u2019t leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"block--sidebar alignright \">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kaiser-health-news-partner block--partner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"partner__image--link\" href=\"https:\/\/laopinion.com\/2025\/11\/06\/el-ice-puede-estar-en-el-hospital-con-un-paciente-bajo-custodia-pero-los-detenidos-tienen-derechos\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"partner__image\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/La-Opinion.png?w=120\" alt=\"Partner logo\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"partner__content\">\n\t\tThis story also ran on <a href=\"https:\/\/laopinion.com\/2025\/11\/06\/el-ice-puede-estar-en-el-hospital-con-un-paciente-bajo-custodia-pero-los-detenidos-tienen-derechos\/\">La Opini\u00f3n<\/a>. It can be <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/ice-immigrants-hospitals-detained-california-privacy-rights\/view\/republish\/\">republished for free<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>For two weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractors sat guard in the hospital lobby 24 hours a day, working in shifts to monitor her movements, her attorney Ming Tanigawa-Lau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE later transferred the Salvadoran woman to Anaheim Global Medical Center, against her doctor\u2019s orders and without explanation, her attorney said. There, Tanigawa-Lau said, ICE agents were allowed to stay in Solis-Portillo\u2019s hospital room round-the-clock, listening to what should have been private conversations with providers. Solis-Portillo told her attorney that agents pressured her to say she was well enough to leave the hospital, telling her she wouldn\u2019t be able to speak to her family or her attorney until she complied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe described it to me as feeling like she was being tortured,\u201d Tanigawa-Lau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal experts say ICE agents can be in <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/california-ice-immigrant-protections-hospitals-clinics-agents\/\">public areas<\/a> of a hospital, such as a lobby, and can accompany already-detained patients as they receive care, illustrating the scope of federal authority. Detained patients, however, have rights and can try to advocate for themselves or seek legal recourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, California <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-newsom-trump-legislature-funding-lawsuits-65dd9464952dabfd3b74d955da9ae4eb\">set aside $25 million<\/a> to fund legal services for immigrants, and some local jurisdictions \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofoc.org\/2025\/09\/legal-aid-immigrants-orange-county\/\">Orange County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/long-beach-emergency-fund-for-migrants\/3748950\/\">Long Beach<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/10\/sf-additional-immigration-funding-connie-chan\/\">San Francisco<\/a> \u2014 have put money toward legal aid efforts. The California Department of Social Services lists some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/Portals\/9\/Immigration\/RD-Contractor-Contact-List-FY2224.pdf?ver=Rk4Srt10MnniugTE1vE3eg%3d%3d\">legal defense nonprofits<\/a> that have received funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/our-clinics\/center-for-applied-legal-studies\/staff\/\">Sophia Genovese<\/a>, a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow at Georgetown Law, said law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, can guard and even restrain a person in their custody who is receiving health care, but they must follow constitutional and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/hipaa\/for-individuals\/guidance-materials-for-consumers\/index.html\">health privacy laws<\/a> regardless of the person\u2019s immigration status. Under those laws, patients can ask to speak with medical providers in private and to seek and speak confidentially with legal counsel, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cICE should be stationed outside of the room or outside of earshot during any communication between the patient and their doctor or medical provider,\u201d Genovese said, adding that the same applies to a patient\u2019s communication with lawyers. \u201cThat\u2019s what they\u2019re supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"wp-block block--newsletter  \"\n\tdata-type=\"kaiser-health-news\/newsletter\"\n\tdata-align=\"center\"\n\tstyle=\"\"\n>\n\t<h4 class=\"newsletter__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/email\/\">\n\t\t\tEmail Sign-Up\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"newsletter__description\">\n\t\tSubscribe to KFF Health News&#039; free Morning Briefing.\t<\/p>\n\t\n<form\n\taction=\"\/email-signup\/\"\n\tclass=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form\"\n\tmethod=\"post\"\n>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"kaiser_hubspot_nonce\" name=\"kaiser_hubspot_nonce\" value=\"dc9818bd64\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2110721\" \/>\t\t\t\t<label\n\t\tclass=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form__label--email\"\n\t\tfor=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form-email\"\n\t>\n\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n\t\t\tYour Email Address\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<input\n\t\t\tautocomplete=\"email\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form__input--email\"\n\t\t\tid=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form-email\"\n\t\t\tname=\"kaiser_hubspot_email\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Your email address\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<button class=\"kaiser-hubspot-mini-signup-form__submit\">\n\t\tSign Up\t<\/button>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>ICE Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to communication and visits, ICE\u2019s standards state that detainees should have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/detention-standards\/2025\/nds2025.pdf\">access to a phone<\/a> and be able to receive visits from family and friends, \u201cwithin security and operational constraints.\u201d However, these guidelines are not enforceable, Genovese said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If immigration agents arrest someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/8\/287.3\">without a warrant<\/a>, they must tell them why they\u2019ve been detained and generally can\u2019t hold them for more than 48 hours without making a custody determination. A federal judge recently granted a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cacd.989081\/gov.uscourts.cacd.989081.9.0.pdf\">temporary restraining order<\/a> in a case in which a man named Bayron Rovidio Marin was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-10-07\/federal-agents-held-shackled-a-seriously-injured-man-hospital-bed-37-days\">monitored by immigration agents<\/a> in a Los Angeles hospital for 37 days without being charged and was registered under a pseudonym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, perceived violations by agents could be reported to ICE leadership at local field offices, to the agency\u2019s headquarters, or to an oversight body, Genovese said. But earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/civil-rights-homeland-security-trump-immigration-0902c38dc7daf0a7960eb0d433c67f2f\">cut staffing<\/a> at ombudsman offices that investigate civil rights complaints, saying they \u201cobstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, said that agents arrested Marin for being in the country illegally and that he admitted his lack of legal status to ICE agents. She said agents took him to the hospital after he injured his leg while trying to evade federal officers during a raid. She said officers did not prevent him from seeing his family or from using the phone. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll detainees have access to phones they can use to contact their families and lawyers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McLaughlin said the temporary restraining order was issued by an \u201cactivist\u201d judge. She did not address questions about staffing cuts at the ombudsman offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DHS also said Solis-Portillo was in the country illegally. The department said she had been removed from the United States twice and arrested for the crimes of false identification, theft, and burglary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cICE takes its commitment to promoting safe, secure, humane environments for those in our custody very seriously,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cIt is a long-standing practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody. This includes access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>Protections in California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anaheim Global Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignityhealth.org\/socal\/locations\/glendalememorial\/about-us\/press-center\/statement-from-glendale-memorial-hospital-regarding-ice-july-7-2025\">a statement<\/a>, Dignity Health, which operates Glendale Memorial Hospital, said it \u201ccannot legally restrict law enforcement or security personnel from being present in public areas which include the hospital lobby\/waiting area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB81\">enacted a law<\/a> in September that prohibits medical establishments from allowing federal agents without a valid search warrant or court order into private areas, including places where patients receive treatment or discuss health matters. But many of the most high-profile news reports of immigration agents at health care facilities have involved detained patients brought in for care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erika Frank, vice president of legal counsel for the California Hospital Association, said hospitals have always had law enforcement, including federal agents, bring in people they\u2019ve detained who need medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospitals will defer to law enforcement on whether a patient needs to be monitored at all times, according to association spokesperson Jan Emerson-Shea. If law enforcement officers overhear medical information about a patient while they\u2019re in the hospital, it doesn\u2019t constitute a patient-privacy violation, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is no different, legally, from a patient or visitor overhearing information about another patient in a nearby bed or emergency department bay,\u201d Emerson-Shea said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She didn\u2019t address whether patients can demand privacy with providers and attorneys, and she said hospitals don\u2019t tell family and friends about the detained patient\u2019s location, for safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandy Reding, who is president of the California Nurses Association and visited the Glendale facility when Solis-Portillo was there, said nurses and patients were frightened to see masked immigration agents in the hospital\u2019s lobby. She said she saw them sitting behind a registration desk where they could hear people discuss private health information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHospitals used to be a sanctuary place, and now they\u2019re not,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it seems like ICE has just been running rampant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Nov. 18 on a proposal to provide more protections for detainees at county-operated health facilities. These include limiting the ability of immigration officials to hide patients\u2019 identities, allowing patients to consent to the release of information to family members and legal counsel, and directing staff to insist immigration agents leave the room at times to protect patient privacy. The county would also defend employees who try to uphold its policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solis-Portillo\u2019s lawyer, Tanigawa-Lau, said her client ultimately decided to self-deport to El Salvador rather than fight her case, because she felt she couldn\u2019t get the medical care she needed in ICE custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though Milagro\u2019s case is really terrible, I\u2019m glad that there\u2019s more awareness now about this issue,\u201d Tanigawa-Lau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to guard detainees at health care facilities, but patients can ask to speak privately with medical providers and lawyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2110729,"template":"","meta":{"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"kff_featured_video":0,"kff_show_featured_video":false,"kff_show_mute_audio_button":false,"custom_shortlink":"\/MjExMDcyMQ","kaiser_health_news_byline_override":"","kaiser_health_news_can_republish":true,"kaiser_health_news_featured_image_caption":"","kaiser_health_news_header_overlay_color":"","kaiser_health_news_header_theme_slug":"","kaiser_health_news_hero_image":0,"kaiser_health_news_backdrop_padding":115,"kaiser_health_news_hide_partner":false,"kaiser_health_news_kicker":"","kaiser_health_news_kicker_background_color":"","kaiser_health_news_kicker_text_color":"","kaiser_health_news_kicker_url":"","kaiser_health_news_nav_theme_slug":"compact","kaiser_health_news_nav_transparency":false,"kaiser_health_news_sharing_title":"","kaiser_health_news_show_featured_image":true,"kaiser_health_news_subheadline":"","kaiser_health_news_suppress_kicker":false,"kaiser_health_news_suppress_subheadline":false,"kaiser_health_news_update_time":"","kaiser_health_news_vertical_image":0,"kaiser_health_news_title_align_left":false,"kaiser_health_news_custom_header_image":0,"photo_byline":[],"story_update":"","update_position":"bottom","kaiser_syndication_sites":[],"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-11-17T10:14:08Z","apple_news_api_id":"fdd76c95-9488-47ca-83ee-c73f73319f21","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-11-17T10:14:08Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A_ddslZSIR8qD7sc_czGfIQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/20265c01-23d7-4d15-96e0-0691b89c3772","https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/6bb33616-50b4-48d9-9a34-3163cc5779e3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1337,178379],"tags":[439530183,38746,303404686],"primary-topic":[],"partners":[439524555],"funder":[],"coauthors":[439529264],"class_list":["post-2110721","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california","category-health-industry","tag-agency-watch","tag-hospitals","tag-immigrants","partners-la-opinion"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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